^Lot 542 Pieces of Eight, by Kip Wagner (as told to L.B. Taylor, Jr.), third printing of first edition (1968)

Pieces of Eight, by Kip Wagner (as told to L.B. Taylor, Jr.), third printing of first edition (1968), signed by all Real Eight members and co-author (ten signatures), including special mark for Dr. Kip Kelso. The original classic story about Kip Wagner and the Real Eight Co. and their salvage of the 1715 Fleet off the east coast of Florida. Copies like this one with signatures of all of the Real Eight Co. members and the writer are rare and highly sought. Autographed by Real Eight members and associates Kip Wagner, Dan Thompson, Louis Ullian, Harry Cannon, John P. Jones, Rex Stocker, Del Long, L.B. Taylor, Jr., Bob Johnson, and Kip G. Kelso, MD (who also rendered his name written in the form of a square next to his signature).